A powerful new exhibition by 2017 Turner Prize Nominee Lubaina Himid MBE, leads a packed Black History Month programme taking place at many of National Museums Liverpool's museums and galleries this October.

The Museum of Liverpool will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act with a powerful exhibition exploring stories from the city's lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) community from 1967 – 2017.

Ahead of the John Moores Painting Prize call for entries opening on 14 September 2017, the Walker Art Gallery has announced the names of the jury members who will judge the competition in 2018, its 60th year.

The International Slavery Museum in Liverpool is revealing the first of its major 10th anniversary events with the opening of a brand new exhibition, Ink and blood: Stories of abolition, on Monday 21 August.